Art 335
Saints and Relics in Medieval Art
Week 6

Erik Inglis, Department of Art


Head Reliquary of St. Vitalis
from Aachen (?)
ca. 1170, bronze
Dusseldorf, St. Lambertus

Head Reliquary of St. Vitalis
from Aachen (?)
Interior View of Reliquary
ca. 1170, bronze
Dusseldorf, St. Lambertus

Head Reliquary from Stavelot
Pope Alexander
1145, Mosan
Brussels, Musee Royale

Arm Reliquaries from Cologne
1220-30, bronze
Cologne, St. Gereon

Arm Reliquaries from Cologne
Detail of Reliquary
1220-30, bronze
Cologne, St. Gereon

Arm Reliquaries from Cologne
Details Showing of Relics
1220-30, bronze
Cologne, St. Gereon

Hand Reliquary from Flanders
ca. 13th Century, silver
London, Victoria & Albert Museum

Finger Reliquary from Italy
12-13th Century, silver
Eichstatt, Germany, Diocese Museum

Reliquary of St. Andrew
977-93, Ottonian
Trier, Germany, Cathedral Treasury

Sheath Reliquary of the Staff of St. Peter
ca. 980, Ottonian
gold, copper, gems
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany
St. Georg Cathedral Treasury

Reliquary of the Holy Nail
977-93, Ottonian
gold, copper, gems
Trier, Cathedral Treasury

St. Cuthbert's Bracelet
Detail of Weaving
ca. 900
Anglo-Saxon Textile
Durham Cathedral

St. Cuthbert's Stole
Showing Image of Daniel
ca. 900
Anglo-Saxon Textile
Durham Cathedral

St. Cuthbert's Maniple
Showing Image of Sixtus II
ca. 900
Anglo-Saxon Textile
Durham Cathedral

King Athelstan Giving Bede's
"Life of St. Cuthbert" to the Saint

ca. 934
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College
Ms. 183, folio 4

Durham Cathedral
Cloister Court
1093-1133
Durham, England

Durham Cathedral
Interior View of Nave
1093-1133
Durham, England

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert:
Cuthbert as a Boy

ca. 10th C
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript
Oxford, Bodleian library
Ms. 165, folio 8

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert:
Miracle of the Uncooked Goose

ca. 10th C
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript
Oxford University
Ms. 165, folio 98

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert:
Cuthbert Extinguishes a Fire

ca. 10th C
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript
Oxford University
Ms. 165, folio 45

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert:
Opening Cuthbert's Grave

ca. 10th C
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript
Oxford University
Ms. 165, folio 118

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert:
Procession

ca. 10th C
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript
Oxford University
Ms. 165, folio 159

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert:
Boat Carrying Cuthbert's Body

ca. 10th C
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript
Oxford University
Ms. 165, folio 159

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert:
Cuthbert Saves Monks from Shipwreck

ca. 10th C
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript
Oxford University
Ms. 165, folio 14

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert:
Cuthbert Saves Monks from Shipwreck

1190-1200
English Gothic Manuscript
London, British Library
Ms. 26 (Add. 39943)

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert:
Voyage to Land of Picts

1190-1200
English Gothic Manuscript
London, British Library
Ms. 26 (Add.39943) folio 26

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert:
King Ecqfrid Visits Cuthbert

1190-1200
English Gothic Manuscript
London, British Library
Ms. 26 (Add. 39943) folio 51

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert:
A Cure by Water

1190-1200
English Gothic Manuscript
London, British Library
Ms. 26 (Add. 39943) folio 54

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert:
A Paralytic Cured by Cuthbert

1190-1200
English Gothic Manuscript
London, British Library
Ms. 26 (Add. 39943) folio 80

Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert
1190-1200
English Gothic Manuscript
London, British Library
Ms. 26 (Add. 39943) folio 8v

Life of St. Edmund:
Edmund Bestowing Alms

ca. 1130
English Romanesque Manuscript
New York, Pierpont Morgan library
Ms. 736, folio 9v

Life of St. Edmund:
Barbarians Invading England

ca. 1130
English Romanesque Manuscript
New York, Pierpont Morgan library
Ms. 736, folio 24

Life of St. Edmund:
Martyrdom of St. Edmund

ca. 1130
English Romanesque Manuscript
New York, Pierpont Morgan library
Ms. 736, folio 26

Life of St. Edmund
ca. 1130
English Romanesque Manuscript
New York, Pierpont Morgan library
Ms. 736

Life of St. Edmund:
St. Edmund Martyr

ca. 1130
English Romanesque Manuscript
New York, Pierpont Morgan library
Ms. 736

Life of St. Edmund:
St Edmund Martyr

ca. 1130
English Romanesque Manuscript
New York, Pierpont Morgan library
Ms. 736

Life of St. Edmund
ca. 1130
English Romanesque Manuscript
New York, Pierpont Morgan library
Ms. 736

Life of St. Edmund
ca. 1130
English Romanesque Manuscript
New York, Pierpont Morgan library
Ms. 736, folio 18v

Life of St. Edmund
ca. 1130
English Romanesque Manuscript
New York, Pierpont Morgan library
Ms. 736, folio 19

Life of St. Edmund
ca. 1130
English Romanesque Manuscript
New York, Pierpont Morgan library
Ms. 736, folio 19v

Life of St. Edmund
ca. 1130
English Romanesque Manuscript
New York, Pierpont Morgan library
Ms. 736, folio 21

Life of St. Edmund
ca. 1130
English Romanesque Manuscript
New York, Pierpont Morgan library
Ms. 736, folio 21v

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